North Carolina State UniversityThe Friday InstituteNCSU College of EducationNCSU NELA Project Hompage

Strategic LeadershipSchool executives will create conditions that result in strategically re-imaging the school’s vision, mission, and goalsin the 21st century. Understanding that schools ideally prepare students for an unseen but not altogether unpredictable future, the leader creates a climate of inquiry that challenges the school community to continually re-purpose itself by building on its core values and beliefs about its preferred future and then developing a pathway to reach it.



Standard_1.png

1a. School Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals: The school’s identity, in part, is derived from the vision, mission, values, beliefs and goals of the school, the processes used to establish these attributes, and the ways they are embodied in the life of the school community.Experiences
  • Personal vision statement embedded in letter of introduction to staff
  • Reviewed the school’s mission, vision, values, and beliefs
  • Revisited the school’s School Improvement Plan
  • Led staff meeting September 2011
  • Leadership Digital Story
  • Evaluation of overall school data – School Report Card, Teacher Working Conditions Survey, and Attendance

Coursework

  • DLP #1 Assignment
  • Vision Statement Assignment
  • Self Assessment
  • "I Am From" Poem
  • School/District Digital Story
  • Leadership Digital Story
  • Evaluation of Teacher Working Conditions Survey
  • AB Combs Visit
  • NC "Turnaround" High School Visit (E.E. Smith)
Specialized Training
  • Llano Grande Digital Story Training
  • Distinguished Leaders in Practice
Related Readings
  • 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
  • Tinkering Towards Utopia
  • The School Leaders our Children Deserve
Selected Artifacts



Screen_shot_2012-04-23_at_10.42.04_AM.png




1b. Leading Change:The school executive articulates a vision, and implementation strategies, for improvements and changes which result in improved achievement for all students.
Experiences
  • Worked collaboratively to implement Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies
  • Worked collaboratively with Central School Improvement to organze Grits for Grandparents, Donuts for Fads, and Muffins for Moms
Coursework
  • Introductory Letter
  • Fall 2011 Assessment Day School Culture Video
  • Facilitative Leadership
  • Crucial Conversations
  • Problem of Practice Phase #4

Specialized Training
  • Social Justice Training
  • Crucial Conversations

Related Readings
  • Bolman & Deal
  • Leading Change by Carter
  • 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
  • Tinkering Towards Utopia
  • Trust Matters
  • Cultural Change
  • Dale Carnegie
  • Crucial Conversations
  • The School Leaders our Children Deserve
  • Seven Keys to Equity
  • Schooling by Design
  • Leading in a Culture of Change
Selected Artifacts
Logic Model
logic_model.png


1c. School Improvement Plan: The school improvement plan provides the structure for the vision, values, goals and changes necessary for improved achievement for all students.
Experiences
  • School Improvement Team Meetings
  • PLC Meetings
Coursework
  • DLP #1 (PDCA) Cycle
  • Problem of Practice Phase #2
Specialized Training
  • Understanding by Design
  • Facilitative Leadership
Related Readings
  • Schooling by Design
  • Leading in a Culture of Change by Carter
Selected Artifacts




1d. Distributive Leadership: The school executive creates and utilizes processes to distribute leadership and decision-making throughout the school.
Experiences
  • Teachers Leaders Roster
  • PLC Meetings
  • School Improvement Team Meetings
Coursework
  • Facilitative Leadership
Specialized Training
  • Facilitative Leadership
  • Crucial Conversations
Related Readings
  • Dale Carnege: How to win friends and influence people
  • Trust Matters